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>> Good morning,
church family. Happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath. We're
super excited that you
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guys are here to worship with
us, and we invite you guys to
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stand with us this morning
as we sing our first song.
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[ Piano plays ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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We have one more song
we're going to be singing
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this morning. It's
titled "I Surrender."
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And I don't think there's
any better reminder than "I
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Surrender" before another week.
Oftentimes, we get to the end of
the week, and we're like,
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"Thank you, Lord, for getting us
through." And He has our back,
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and He does get us through those
weeks. But, guys, something that
I've been trying to encourage
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myself to do is to surrender
before the week begins. And,
guys, although it is
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Sabbath and it's the end of a
new -- of another week, it's
also the beginning of
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the new week. So I encourage you
guys, as you guys go throughout
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life, surrender everything to
God. Don't leave anything out.
Don't leave anything out.
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Even the little things that you
think are insignificant, they're
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significant to God because He
loves you. So I invite you guys
to stand as we sing this last
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song, "I Surrender."
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Like a rushing wind.
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One more time.
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¤¤ ¤¤
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>> ¤ What can
wash away my sin? ¤
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¤ Nothing but
the blood of Jesus ¤
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>> ¤ What can make me whole
again? ¤ ¤ Nothing but the blood
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of Jesus ¤ >> ¤ Oh, precious is
the flow that makes me bright as
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snow ¤ >> ¤ No other fount I
know >> ¤ Nothing but the blood
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of Jesus ¤ ¤¤ ¤¤ >> ¤
For my pardon, this I see
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¤ Nothing but the blood of
Jesus ¤ >> ¤ For my cleansing,
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this my plea ¤ ¤
Nothing but the blood of Jesus ¤
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>> ¤ Jesus ¤ Oh, precious is the
flow >> ¤ Oh, precious is the
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flow >> ¤ That makes me bright
as snow ¤ >> ¤ That makes me
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bright as snow ¤ >> ¤ No other
fount I know >> ¤ Nothing but
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the blood of Jesus ¤ ¤¤ ¤¤
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¤¤ ¤ This is all
my hope and peace ¤
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¤ Nothing but the blood of Jesus
¤ ¤ This is all my righteousness
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¤ Nothing but the blood of Jesus
¤ >> ¤ Nothing can for sin atone
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>> ¤ Nothing can for sin atone
>> ¤ Nothing but the blood of
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Jesus ¤ >> ¤ Nothing but the
blood of Jesus ¤ >> ¤ Naught of
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good that I have done ¤ >> ¤
Nothing but the blood of Jesus ¤
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¤ Jesus >> ¤ Oh, precious is the
flow >> ¤ Oh, precious is the
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flow >> ¤ That makes me bright
as snow ¤ >> ¤ Makes me bright
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as snow >> ¤ No other fount I
know >> ¤ Nothing but the blood
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of Jesus ¤ >> ¤ Oh, precious is
the flow >> ¤ Oh, precious is
the flow >> ¤ That makes me
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bright as snow ¤ >> ¤ Bright as
snow >> ¤ No other fount I know
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>> ¤ Nothing but
the blood of Jesus ¤
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¤ Nothing but the
blood of Jesus ¤ ¤¤
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[ Organ plays ]
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[ Organ stops ] >> Let's pray.
Father, that's our prayer --
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nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What's that mean? How do we do
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it? Show us now. Hide me, hide
us all behind the Jesus we've
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come to worship. In His name, we
pray. Amen. The saddest story I
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ever heard I heard on the radio.
I was going home one evening
from Pioneer for supper.
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I'm listening to WBBM Newsradio
out of Chicago. And I had to
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pull off the road. My eyes
were so out of focus with tears.
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West Monroe, Louisiana. A
father and mother were going
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out for a Saturday night,
and they took their 14-year-old
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little girl over to
her girlfriend's place
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to spend the night. But
as young daughters can do,
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the girls changed their mind.
And they said -- And Kaye said
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to her friend, "Let's go
over -- Let's go to our house,
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and we'll spend the rest
of the night in our house."
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1:00 in the morning, Mom and Dad
come back from Saturday night on
the town, and Kaye says,
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"Let's surprise them." So they
jump into a closet. Father walks
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in. Just as he steps in, the
door flies open to that closet.
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"Boo!" The father instinctively
grabs a gun and shoots his
daughter through the neck.
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Her last words to him
-- "Daddy, I love you."
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I just sat there at the side of
the road. I have a little girl.
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She's still my little girl. And
I cannot imagine how a father
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would feel killing his little
girl. We've got an obscure text
here. We're going to look at it
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right now. It has this story and
Jesus' love written all over it.
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And you've got to see it. So
open your Bible. Hope you can
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find the book -- Zechariah. It's
next to the last book in the Old
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Testament. If you get to
Malachi, just one more book.
Zechariah, chapter 12.
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Zechariah, chapter 12.
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God's speaking. "I will
pour out on the house of David
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and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem a spirit of grace
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and supplication. They will
look on me, the one they have
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pierced, and they will mourn for
Him as one mourns for an only
child, and grieve bitterly for
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Him as one grieves for a
firstborn son." I was in this
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church yesterday afternoon as we
said goodbye to a firstborn son.
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Too young to die. Just under 40
years of age. Sad. I can't
imagine that father
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on the front row of his
daughter's funeral. I mean, what
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is going through his mind? But
that's what we just read. See
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this line? "They will look on
me, the one they have pierced."
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They killed
Him. They killed Him.
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It's as plain as a nose on your
face. It's interesting, that
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line, "The one they have
pierced," their look on me. It's
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tucked away in the New
Testament. Friday afternoon,
late, the man on the center
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Cross has just expired with that
triumphant cry. It is finished.
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They're making sure the
prisoners will die quickly. They
break the legs of one
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of the thieves, they break the
legs of the others so that they
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can't push against their legs
and they will die of
suffocation. They come to the
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man on the middle cross. Let's
pick it up right here in John,
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chapter 19. "But when they came
to Jesus and found that He was
already dead, they did not break
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his legs. Instead, one of
the soldiers pierced Jesus' side
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with a spear, bringing a sudden
flow of blood and water. The man
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who saw it has given testimony."
That's John Boy. "And his
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testimony is true. He knows that
he tells the truth, and he
testifies so that you also may
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believe. These things happened
so that the scripture would be
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fulfilled -- 'Not one of his
bones will be broken.' And as
another scripture says,
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'They will look on the one they
have pierced.'" We just read it,
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didn't we? "They will look on
the one they have pierced."
Zechariah 12, John 19
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telling the same Calvary truth.
And what is that Calvary truth?
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We killed Him. I'm going to put
it in big letters so it sticks
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in your mind. We killed Him. I'm
talking about you. I'm talking
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about me. We killed Him. I know
what you're thinking. "Man, come
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on, Dwight. How could I possibly
feel guilty for something I
obviously, let alone
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repentant, for something I
obviously did not do? Terrible
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death. I agree. Two millennia
ago, you got it. But, I mean,
please, I understand the point
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you're trying to make, but let's
be real. I didn't kill him.
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Really, I didn't." And
that's the nearly overmastering
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challenge God has with me. "How
am I going to help Dwight?"
Understand the immensity
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of the cost of just His sins
alone, just one of His sins.
Never mind the sins
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of the world. Let's say I go
over to your house for dinner or
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lunch. I'd love to. And you're
in the kitchen throwing lunch
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together and I'm out there.
Let's say your house has a
fireplace, and you know above
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the fireplace is that mantle,
and you got all your little
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keepsakes there. And clumsy me.
I pick up a beautiful vase, and
I'm turning it in my hand
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when I drop it. It falls to
the bricks below, and I am so
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embarrassed. I am down there. I
have to get these shards picked
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up before you come out of the
kitchen. And I'm picking them up
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as fast as I can. Suddenly
you're racing out of the
kitchen, and I look up at you,
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and I mumble, "I'm so sorry.
Clumsy me. Listen, don't worry
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about it. I'll get you another
one. I think I've seen one in
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Walmart, and I'll get it for
you." And you look back at me
with your -- with your
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blanched face. Your lips are
moving, but nothing is coming
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out. And finally, when your
voice whispers, you tell me,
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"That was an heirloom from my
great-grandmother. There's only
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one other one in the world, and
it is valued at $167,000." You
know, I kind of felt sorry
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a moment ago, but I've got
astronomical repentance going on
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right now. Why? Because I just
realized the cost of what my
clumsiness has done.
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When I know the cost, then I
feel the pain. "And I will pour
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out on the house of David and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem a
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spirit of grace and
supplication. They will look on
me, the one they have pierced,
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and they will mourn for Him as
one mourns for an only child and
grieve bitterly for Him
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as one grieves for a firstborn."
See, that's why God had to pour
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his spirit out, because until
His spirit works on this heart,
I'm telling you, I'm just not
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going to get it. I'm not going
to realize the immensity of the
cost. My sins killed Him.
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Your sins, our sins. You say,
"Aw, come on, Dwight. What sins
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are you talking about?" Well,
I'm talking about -- I'm talking
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about your darling sin. And I'm
talking about my besetting sin.
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You know, the one that we
have -- We even have a hard time
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wanting to let go of
it. "Maņana. I'll get to it
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someday." Someday, that's gone.
Promise, it'll be gone. And for
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those of us who are sitting here
right now and saying, "Yo, I
appreciate this talk about great
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sins, but I'm going to be honest
with you. I cannot think of one
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big sin in my life right now."
And I can think of one big sin
in your life right now.
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Dishonesty. No, come
on. I'm being serious.
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Because, look, if you aren't
able to admit that you have the
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sin that killed Him... you're
doing a number on yourself.
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You are fooling yourself, sir.
I'm telling you. The one sin,
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the one addiction, the one pet
that I just don't want to let go
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yet, that's the one.
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I debated whether to put these
words on the screen or not.
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I went back and
forth in my own mind.
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And then I just got the
conviction. "No, I'll put them
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up." Let me share them with you.
100 years ago... "God's law
reaches the feelings
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and motives, as well as the
outward acts. It reveals the
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secrets of the heart, flashing
light upon things before buried
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in darkness. God knows every
thought, every purpose, every
plan, every motive."
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And then here's the line. "The
books of Heaven record the sins
that would have been
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committed had
there been opportunity."
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And I said to myself --
Seriously, I said to myself
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this week, "I don't
know. I'm not sure about that."
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And then, just like
that, the Sermon on the Mount,
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the red-letter words of Jesus.
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If a man looks on a woman
with lustful eyes, he has broken
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already the Seventh Commandment.
True or false? It's true.
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The sin that I would commit were
I given the opportunity. But I
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don't. "The books of Heaven
record the sins that would have
been committed had there been
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that opportunity."
Wow. I'm telling you,
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it's the gospel truth. We
killed Him, your sin and mine.
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The words of Horatius Bonar,
a 19th-century Scottish hymn
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writer -- "Twas I that shed the
sacred blood. I nailed Him to
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the tree. I crucified the Christ
of God. I joined the mockery."
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"Desire of Ages." Doesn't pull
any punches. "Upon all" -- "Upon
all rests the guilt
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of crucifying the Son of God."
I'm telling you, we killed Him.
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I did. You did. "And I will
pour out on the house of David
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and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem a spirit of grace and
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supplication. They will look on
me, the one they have pierced,
and they will mourn for Him
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as one mourns for an only child
and grieve bitterly for Him as
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one grieves for a firstborn
son." Because that's the truth
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of Calvary. But I'm grateful
for that word "look." "They will
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look on me." [ Inhales sharply
] Reminds me of a camel-haired,
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bushy-bearded prophet of the
wilderness, John the Baptist,
standing by the mighty Jordan,
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and he spots a stranger in the
crowd, and he points his finger,
he says, "Yo, everybody, look,
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look, look. Look. The
Lamb of God who takes away
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the sin of the world."
Got to put that up. "Look.
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Look, the Lamb of God."
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And, by the way, aren't you glad
that it says he takes away the
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sin of the world? You got a sin
in your life right now, like I
do, that you wish He would take
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away? Of course, He'll need my
permission, and He'll need your
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permission. But isn't that
wonderful? He'll take it away.
We don't have to keep it.
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We can let it go.
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"You sure it works that
easy, Dwight?" Yep, I'm sure.
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One more time "Desire of Ages."
"Jesus knows the circumstances
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of every soul." He knows your
story backwards and forwards. He
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knows mine. "You may say, 'I
am sinful, very sinful.' You may
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be, but the worse you are, the
more you need Jesus. He turns no
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weeping, contrite one away. He
does not tell to any all that He
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might reveal." "Dwight, I got a
book about you. I'm not going to
tell it all to you.
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It'll crush you. It'll destroy
you. I'm not going to tell you
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all I know." "He turns no
weeping, contrite one away.
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He does not tell to any all that
He might reveal, but He bids
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every trembling soul, 'Take
courage.'" Oh, I love that.
"Take courage." "Freely will He
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pardon all who come to Him for
forgiveness and restoration."
"Freely will He pardon
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all who come to Him for
forgiveness and restoration."
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Hallelujah. It doesn't matter
what my addiction may be. It
doesn't matter how sinful
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you may be. "Freely, He will
pardon all who come to Him for
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forgiveness and restoration,"
but He does even more. "Oh, we
can't go out of here
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without getting the verse right
after Zechariah 12:10. Here's
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the next verse. 13:1. "On that
day, a fountain will be open
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to the house of David and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to
cleanse them from sin
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and impurity." For these last
few sermons, we've been kind of
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working around the theme
"blessed are the pure and high,
for they will see God."
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And we put our signatures up
there a few weeks ago. "On that
day" -- How's that go?
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Let's cut out those extraneous
phrases there. "On that day, a
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fountain will be opened...to
cleanse us from sin and
impurity." Doesn't matter what
00:36:42.13\00:36:52.64
you've done or how long you'd
done it. Doesn't matter at all.
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On that day, when we look on
that day, He will open up a
fountain to cleanse us from sin
00:36:57.11\00:37:05.12
and impurity. That's the good
news of the Gospel woven through
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the entire scriptures. Isaiah
1:18. "'Come now, let us settle
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the matter." Yo, King James
reads. "Come now, let's reason
00:37:12.93\00:37:16.03
together," says the Lord. Though
your sins are as what? They
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shall be as what? White as
snow. Though they are what? Like
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crimson. They shall be like
what? Like wool. Can you believe
00:37:26.21\00:37:30.58
that? The sins I have, the sins
you've got. Wow, keep reading.
00:37:30.58\00:37:36.12
I love this. From Hebrews 10:22.
"Let us therefore draw near to
God with a sincere heart
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and with the full assurance that
faith brings, having our hearts
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sprinkled to cleanse us from a
guilty conscience and having our
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bodies washed with pure water."
Can it get any better than that?
Guilty conscience gone.
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Pure water all over my body.
And I'm clean now. How do you do
00:37:57.34\00:38:04.38
that, God? "Keep reading,
Dwight." "Okay." 1 John 1:7.
"The Blood of Jesus His Son."
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What's that word? Purifies
us. From how much sin? All sin.
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Two verses later, "If we confess
our sins" -- any of them, all of
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them at the same time -- "If we
confess our sins, He is faithful
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and just to forgive us our
sins." And what's that word? He
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will purify us. He will purify
us from all ugliness and
dirtiness and filthiness and
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impurity. It's gone.
We got washed. >> Yes.
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>> Pure water, too. Man.
Oh, no wonder, "On that day,
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a fountain will be opened...
to cleanse us from sin and
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impurity." All we have to do,
you and I, is go to that
fountain. And guess what?
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We are at that fountain right
now. Oh, I got to tell you about
00:39:02.20\00:39:07.81
him. The English poet and hymn
writer William Cooper -- it's
00:39:07.81\00:39:11.68
spelled "Cowper," but he went by
Cooper -- gave to the Christian
church some of Her most beloved
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hymns. But it comes as a shock
for many people to learn that he
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composed his hymns while
suffering mental-health crises
that plagued him on and off all
00:39:23.99\00:39:31.13
his life. They say Gen Z-ers are
particularly sensitive to
mental-health issues.
00:39:31.13\00:39:35.84
Here's one Gen Z-er for you.
Amazing. He was a friend of John
00:39:35.84\00:39:43.55
Newton. You know John Newton?
The, "Amazing grace, how sweet
00:39:43.55\00:39:47.08
the sound that saved a wretch
like me," that John Newton?
Newton was an older pastor,
00:39:47.08\00:39:52.49
but he befriended a young
William Cooper. And it was
00:39:52.49\00:39:57.66
Newton who nursed Cooper through
some of his most severe
mental-health crises. He
00:39:57.66\00:40:04.17
attempted suicide again and
again and again. Three times he
was placed in what they called
00:40:04.17\00:40:09.30
back then the insane asylum.
00:40:09.30\00:40:12.81
But in the breaks of
sanity and lucidity and clarity,
00:40:16.11\00:40:23.95
he keeps picking up his pen and
scribbling gospel hymns of good
00:40:23.95\00:40:32.29
news. We got three of them in
our hymnal. This one is there,
00:40:32.29\00:40:36.70
and it's a great poem.
It's called one of his greatest.
00:40:36.70\00:40:40.04
Majestic hymn. "God
moves in a mysterious way,
00:40:40.07\00:40:42.90
His wonders to perform. He
plants His footsteps in the
00:40:42.90\00:40:45.67
sea and rides upon the
storm." We've never sung it.
00:40:45.67\00:40:48.44
We may have to sing that
sometime, Mr. Minister of Music.
00:40:48.44\00:40:51.38
That's a powerful one.
Oh, and he's the composer
00:40:51.38\00:40:54.42
of that beautiful
prayer hymn also in our hymnal.
00:40:54.42\00:40:56.82
You might remember these words.
"Oh, for a closer walk with God,
00:40:56.82\00:41:00.96
a calm and Heavenly frame,
a light to shine upon the road
00:41:00.96\00:41:04.66
that leads me to the
Lamb." But hands down,
00:41:04.66\00:41:09.60
the most famous hymn
composed by William Cooper
00:41:09.60\00:41:14.97
goes like this --
¤ There is a fountain
00:41:14.97\00:41:20.08
filled with blood,
drawn from Emmanuel's veins ¤
00:41:20.08\00:41:28.68
¤ And sinners
plunge beneath that flood,
00:41:28.68\00:41:35.46
lose all their guilty stains ¤
00:41:35.46\00:41:44.50
Bathing in the Red River. That's
it. Sinners plunge beneath
00:41:44.53\00:41:50.54
that flood. There is a
fountain that's been opened,
00:41:50.54\00:41:56.68
and we're standing on that
fountain right now. We're here.
00:41:56.68\00:42:00.85
Oh, we got to sing that song.
Mr. Minister of Music, come on.
I picked out three.
00:42:00.85\00:42:04.42
There are six stanzas. We're
going to sing just three. I want
you to stand on your feet
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.46
because you sing better when
you're standing. And I want to
00:42:07.46\00:42:11.33
sing that stanza we just did.
But it has this beautiful going
on where our voices
00:42:11.33\00:42:15.53
just go higher and higher. And
I just love it. Sing your heart
00:42:15.53\00:42:19.17
out. Sing it as if it were the
good news that you've been dying
00:42:19.17\00:42:24.34
to learn and we just learned it
today. Come on, let's sing it.
00:42:24.34\00:42:27.24
[ Organ plays ]
00:42:27.28\00:42:29.58
All right, let's go.
[ Congregation sings ]
00:42:35.38\00:42:41.49
>> Welcome to the
Lord's Supper table.
00:45:33.63\00:45:36.80
Now, we contemplated this
morning bathing in the Red River
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.57
with Pastor Dwight and
just accepting the promise
00:45:39.57\00:45:42.27
of forgiveness and
the cleansing that flows
00:45:42.27\00:45:45.11
from the Cross of Christ.
00:45:45.11\00:45:47.44
And now we get to celebrate the
good news. Jesus has washed us.
00:45:47.48\00:45:52.25
He's cleansed us. And now we
are set free. And to keep that
00:45:52.25\00:45:56.55
in the forefront of our minds,
we're going to have -- have
00:45:56.55\00:46:01.76
Mordekai Ongo read the
scripture, the verse from that
evening at the Lord's Supper
00:46:01.76\00:46:06.49
with the disciples.
00:46:06.49\00:46:10.87
>> I'm going to read from
the Book of Mark, 14:23-24
00:46:10.90\00:46:18.44
in the NIV. "Then He took a cup,
00:46:18.44\00:46:23.45
and when He had given
thanks, He gave it to them,
00:46:23.45\00:46:28.02
and they all drank from
it. 'This is my blood of
00:46:28.02\00:46:32.42
the Covenant, which
is poured out for many,'
00:46:32.42\00:46:35.76
he said to them.
'Truly, I tell you,
00:46:35.76\00:46:39.69
I will not drink again
from the fruit of the vine
00:46:39.69\00:46:43.67
until that day when I drink
it new in the Kingdom of God.'"
00:46:43.67\00:46:48.37
May the Lord bless this word.
>> And now Andrea will have
00:46:48.37\00:46:52.64
a prayer for us. >>
Please remain seated
00:46:52.64\00:46:56.51
for the prayer.
Father in Heaven,
00:46:56.51\00:47:01.15
we come before you praising you
and thanking you for the gift
00:47:01.15\00:47:05.82
of your Son who paid the
penalty for our sins, Lord.
00:47:05.82\00:47:12.69
And as we look to the Communion
service and we have the emblems
00:47:12.73\00:47:20.44
of bread and wine that represent
the broken body of our Lord and
His precious blood,
00:47:20.44\00:47:27.81
we ask that you would cleanse
and purify us now, that we may
00:47:27.81\00:47:33.85
be closer and closer and closer
to you every single day. Thank
00:47:33.85\00:47:40.22
you, Jesus. Thank you for your
blessing. Thank you for your
00:47:40.22\00:47:44.36
extravagant love. In the name of
Jesus, amen. >> Amen. >> Amen.
00:47:44.36\00:47:49.33
[ Piano plays ] Won't
break. Break it first?
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¤¤ ¤¤
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>> ¤ I walked
today where Jesus walked,
00:48:05.81\00:48:12.75
in days of long ago ¤
00:48:12.75\00:48:19.76
¤ I wandered down each path
He knew, with reverent step and
00:48:19.79\00:48:33.14
slow ¤ ¤ Those little lanes,
they have not changed ¤ ¤ A
sweet peace fills the air
00:48:33.14\00:48:48.69
¤ I walked today where Jesus
walked and felt His presence
00:48:48.69\00:49:05.64
there ¤ ¤¤ ¤¤ ¤ My
pathway led through
00:49:05.64\00:49:15.35
Bethlehem, a memory's ever
sweet ¤ ¤ The Mount of Olives
00:49:15.35\00:49:28.83
in Galilee that knew those
childish feet ¤ ¤ The Mount of
00:49:28.83\00:49:43.28
Olives, hallowed scenes that
Jesus knew before ¤ ¤ I saw the
mighty Jordan roll,
00:49:43.28\00:50:02.60
as in the days of yore ¤ ¤¤ ¤¤
00:50:02.60\00:50:19.28
¤¤ ¤¤ ¤ I knelt today
00:50:19.28\00:50:30.29
where Jesus knelt, where, all
alone, He prayed ¤ ¤ The Garden
00:50:30.29\00:50:51.21
of Gethsemane, my heart felt
unafraid ¤ ¤ I picked my heavy
burden up ¤ And with Him by my
00:50:51.21\00:51:12.00
side, I climbed the Hill of
Calvary ¤ ¤ I climbed the Hill
00:51:12.00\00:51:24.28
of Calvary ¤ ¤ I climbed the
Hill of Calvary, where, on the
00:51:24.28\00:51:37.83
Cross, He died ¤ ¤¤
00:51:37.83\00:51:47.44
¤ I walked today where
Jesus walked and felt Him close
00:51:50.44\00:52:10.26
to me ¤ >> Amen. >> [ Claps ]
00:52:10.26\00:52:22.54
>> Amen. Jesus stands before
us here now. And through His
00:52:24.74\00:52:33.72
spirit, we hear the words,
"Take, eat. This is my body,
which is broken for you.
00:52:33.72\00:52:40.72
Do this in remembrance of me."
00:52:40.72\00:52:44.23
¤¤ ¤¤
00:52:59.04\00:53:11.52
And once again, Jesus turns to
us, as He did to the disciples
00:53:17.56\00:53:21.00
that night, and He says, "Drink
from this, all of you. This is
00:53:21.00\00:53:27.34
my blood, which was shed for
you. Do this in remembrance of
00:53:27.34\00:53:32.61
me." ¤¤ ¤¤
00:53:36.75\00:53:48.49
There was one more custom in
Jesus' day. They took a special
00:53:51.03\00:53:56.77
offering for the poor. And we
get to do that here at Pioneer,
00:53:56.77\00:54:01.67
as well. And we get to receive
an offering for our emergency
00:54:01.67\00:54:05.27
assistance fund. And these past
three months, Pioneer has been
able to assist a lot of people
00:54:05.27\00:54:10.48
in our community and our county
from this fund, from your
generosity. So if God's blessed
00:54:10.48\00:54:15.62
you in these past few months,
give a blessing back. We're
going to have deacons,
00:54:15.62\00:54:20.96
ushers at the doors with
baskets. You can put your gift
00:54:20.96\00:54:27.66
in there. And Matthew writes, he
says, "And when they had sung a
hymn, they went out."
00:54:27.66\00:54:34.44
So we'll do the same here
today. Hymn 407. You can stand.
00:54:34.44\00:54:41.01
[ Organ plays ]
00:54:41.04\00:54:43.45
[ Congregation sings ]
00:54:55.02\00:54:57.89
"The Lord bless
you and keep you.
00:56:50.07\00:56:53.34
The Lord make His faith shine
upon you and be gracious to you.
00:56:53.34\00:56:57.51
The Lord lift up His countenance
upon you and give you peace."
00:56:57.51\00:57:02.28
Amen. >> Amen.
00:57:02.28\00:57:04.19
>> Thank you for taking the time
to join us in worship today.
00:57:06.12\00:57:08.39
I'd like to spend another
moment with you here at the end
00:57:08.39\00:57:10.39
of our program to
share a word of hope.
00:57:10.39\00:57:12.46
In fact, that's what
this little book is all about.
00:57:12.46\00:57:14.73
In these uncertain times,
and let's face it, they're
00:57:14.73\00:57:16.80
uncertain all over this
planet, this book, entitled
00:57:16.80\00:57:19.63
"The Great Hope,"
will help you understand
00:57:19.63\00:57:22.04
not just what God has
planned for your future
00:57:22.04\00:57:24.21
but for the future of
the entire human race.
00:57:24.21\00:57:26.57
Light keeps shining on this
dark old world, and new truths,
00:57:26.57\00:57:29.44
long forgotten, are
being constantly rediscovered.
00:57:29.44\00:57:32.68
If you need a fresh dose of
hope for your life these days,
00:57:32.68\00:57:35.48
or you know somebody
else who could sure use
00:57:35.48\00:57:37.79
that gift of hope,
then I'd like to invite you
00:57:37.79\00:57:39.85
to grab your phone,
dial our toll-free number...
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887, the two words
"His will." 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:41.89\00:57:46.49
And at no charge to you,
we'll get a copy in the mail
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Till the next time we meet,
00:57:49.16\00:57:52.23
may the peace and hope of
the Lord Jesus be with you 24/7.
00:57:52.23\00:57:56.84
¤¤ ¤¤
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¤¤ ¤¤
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